Somalia: Islamist Bombing Near School Kills 8, Wounds 23 Children

AQ/al Shabaab claims car bomb attack near Mucassar school at Hodan district in Mogadishu causing at least 8 dead (including school children) and more than 23 injured.      A staff member speaking on condition of anonymity said no international personnel from the U.N. were hurt but they had no information on whether Somali employees were hurt. A column of smoke rose over the Mocaasir Primary and Secondary School, where classroom ceilings crashed onto students’ desks, witnesses said. Abdisalan Omar Ibrahim, 13, said the sound of the blast came as he was writing the heading of a history lesson…